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I heard that Gogi Time was a good Korean BBQ place from a close friend, so I gave it a try and I was honestly so disappointed. The food and service were both lackluster and brought down the overall mood of my friend group. Here is why. Lets start with the food. The food came in small portions (for a group of 5) and the quality of the meat was poor with fatty cuts. We had to cut out all the fat because it became too much in the end. We also ordered steamed egg as an appetizer and was absolutely disgusted when we scooped down to discover that the egg was barely cooked. When we showed this to our server, he merely brushed it off and said he would just add a new order of steamed egg to our next order. Our steamed egg failed to come and we had to ask again for the egg to come in at all. When the steamed egg did come in and was fully cooked, we tried it only to discover that it was too salty to even eat. We also ordered the soju cocktails and we could tell instantly that the soju wasn't the best quality because it was so hard to force down. Good soju is supposed to be smooth going down and have a crisp aftertaste but the cocktails here had a strange metallic taste to them. I believe in rating a restaurant based on the sole quality and taste of the food and this place gets a major disapproval from me. Next is the service which doesn't affect my ratings but definitely impacts my experience and my mood towards this restaurant. Our server was barely present and rarely checked up on our table. We would eat and cook for 10 minutes and wait for 30 minutes just for the next set of meat to come in or to even get the server to take our order. When the server did get our order, he would constantly forget certain parts of our order and we would have to repeat it multiple times. Near the end we got fed up and just asked for the check because we were no longer in the mood to repeat ourselves or continue eating. Overall Gogi Time fails to live up to the expectations that I have for Korean BBQ. For 30+ dollars and an additional 18% gratuity charge for any groups 5 or more, I feel that there are better options and the prices of the drinks here are overpriced considering the size and the quality of the drinks you receive.
Edwin ParkEdwin Park
20
When we sit down, I noticed the grill plate already had oil residue from no being wash carefully. No big deal, we used paper napkin to clean up the top. The waiter turned on the fire when the meats came. As the grill plate started to heat up, we started to putt meat on top of the grill plate. As we were putting meat in the “hot” grill plate, I noticed black/brown dirty soapy bubbles come out at the edge of the grill plate openings. See pictures of the grill plate and picture of the paper napkin after we tried to wipe off the black bubble. We told the waiter and he changed to another one. But the second one also spit out black soapy bubbles as it was heat up. Then the third one was also the same. I find out the reason is the grill plate is made of two stainless steel sheets one on top of another so it is almost impossible to wash away anything in between. So we end up using their outdoor solid grill plate and stove instead. I am sure all other tables in this restaurant would have similar problem. If you just put meat on top of the grill plate before it is heat up, you will not see the dirty black/brown soapy bubbles. This is not the first time we ran into dirty grill plate at Korean BBQ restaurants. So pay attention to the grill plate when you eat at any Korean BBQ place. I told the restaurant they shouldn’t use this kind of grill plate. I hope they listen. The restaurant give us 15% off for the incident without asking. However I still feel I should inform every one about this because I saw they continue to serve other tables using the same style grill plates even after I informed them about the problem. And the tables next to us just put meats on their grill plates and didn’t notice anything and just eat… I give two stars because the food is not bad and the manager let us used the outdoor solid plate with portable stove instead
Minh ThaiMinh Thai
60
Wasn’t sure what to expect because hadn’t had Korean BBQ in this area, but it turned out a great experience. First thing I noticed is they’re very nice. Very welcoming. That sets the tone. Next thing I noticed is they have a fairly large rectangular grill which is better than the circles I usually see. And they are fast about changing the grill expeditiously as it gets gunked up with the sauces. It’s spacious and yet urban nice inside. Perhaps a little dark but different strokes for different folks. We were in the side room which was darker. About $40 for the all you can eat, which I would recommend. You get two appetizers and four meats at a time. Also can get a couple sides and/or veggies. Good selection of meats. And the meats are GOOD portion size. And good thickness. Excellent soup and sides. Specifically the tofu soup. Softener kinds of rice. All goodness. You will leave here full of you get the all you can eat. Parking lot is a little odd. Slotted, angled spaces; so you need to back out to the street to exit. But at least they have a posting lot at all! Better than street parking.
G LeeG Lee
00
I wanted to try something new for my birthday so we tried this Korean BBQ place. It took us awhile to figure things out but the food was fabulous! The staff was very friendly and kept checking on us to see if we needed anything. For appetizers we got the seafood pancakes, the veggie pot stickers, and the cheese corn. All were excellent and we would definitely get them again. I think I would also get the onion rings so they would be cooked already as I'm impatient and don't want to wait for my veggies to cook. We got the bulgogi, sirloin, galbi (short ribs), and garlic sesame pork belly. The sirloin didn't have a lot of flavor. The pork was pretty good especially with a little sauce from the pancakes on it, but the bulgogi and galbi were out of this world! Next time we're just going to get lots of those two! Definitely recommend and I will come back.
Ashley YoungAshley Young
00
Wasn’t sure what to expect because hadn’t had Korean BBQ in this area, but it turned out a great experience. First thing I noticed is they’re very nice. Very welcoming. That sets the tone. Next thing I noticed is they have a fairly large rectangular grill which is better than the circles I usually see. And they are fast about changing the grill expeditiously as it gets gunked up with the sauces. It’s spacious and yet urban nice inside. Perhaps a little dark but different strokes for different folks. We were in the side room which was darker. About $40 for the all you can eat, which I would recommend. You get two appetizers and four meats at a time. Also can get a couple sides and/or veggies. Good selection of meats. And the meats are GOOD portion size. And good thickness. Excellent soup and sides. Specifically the tofu soup. Softener kinds of rice. All goodness. You will leave here full of you get the all you can eat. Parking lot is a little odd. Slotted, angled spaces; so you need to back out to the street to exit. But at least they have a posting lot at all! Better than street parking.
G LeeG Lee
00
We had a blast and the food was so delicious it was hard not to let my eyes be bigger than my stomach! Grill was changed out consistently and there were plenty of options on the All You Can Eat Menu. The playlist of music being played was the perfect addition to the good time we were having. I would totally recommend this place for the food experience, it's not the fanciest or trendiest on the inside but we still had a blast and left more full than on Thanksgiving lol.
Shay WillisShay Willis
00
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